What did you do to your truck today!

[Lou Boffa]

Painted one of my rocker arm covers, installed new gasket. Good day.

[MyDad'sTruck]

Put oil in the T-case, Tranny, front and rear diffs. They leak a bit!

[SCHRUMGMC]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyV

went and got acid to clean the fuel tank and some more primer to finish the tailgate and interior. Now im headed to the basement to sand and prep the tailgate... Woohoo fun fun

How do you restore a Tailgate ?
If it is really rusty

[THE BOSS]

wash drive, drive, drive, wash drive..................

no more working on it
nice weather is finally here!

[BigDaddyV]

Originally Posted by SCHRUMGMC

How do you restore a Tailgate ?
If it is really rusty

Sand, grind, weld, grind, sand, prime, sand, bondo, prime, Paint... ugh. repeat as necisary.

[SCHRUMGMC]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyV

Sand, grind, weld, grind, sand, prime, sand, bondo, prime, Paint... ugh. repeat as necisary.

I figured much, but He says its useless...I think I could save it

[Jaysonb]

It's nice out today, so I put it to work, and hauled a load to the compost pile. Got the yard cleaned up, and got to drive the truck. Then me and 2 of my boys sat on the tailgate with the radio on, and had a few cold sodas out of glass bottles, and my 3 year old said " Dad, I love your old truck". That made my day.

[BigDaddyV]

Originally Posted by SCHRUMGMC

I figured much, but He says its useless...I think I could save it

Mine is trash.. but Ill make it look nice again

[SCHRUMGMC]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyV

Mine is trash.. but Ill make it look nice again

So even if its rusted pretty bad, you can save it ?

[BigDaddyV]

if you have enough patience and skill, you can do anything with metal.
Not that Im skilled by any means but by my will power and determination I WILL make it look good.

[VWNate1]

That's the right attitude ! no wonder i see so many great trucks on this site .

Besides , once you give up on it or find a better one , you can hang it on the wall or the side of the garage with some chains holding it horizontal ~ they make GREAT folding seats for visitors....

My truck? it's working as usual , raining lightly in L.A. again this morning .

[BigDaddyV]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

That's the right attitude ! no wonder i see so many great trucks on this site .

Besides , once you give up on it or find a better one , you can hang it on the wall or the side of the garage with some chains holding it horizontal ~ they make GREAT folding seats for visitors....

My truck? it's working as usual , raining lightly in L.A. again this morning .

Thats an awesome Idea! I will do that once I get a new gate.

[Burb]

Just finished installing power windows and rebuilding my front doors

(1) more and sort of a door to go ... lol

[Expat_dude]

Getting some clear on


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[SCHRUMGMC]

Like the orange paint

I do have one question about paint

I need Ocean Green and Havana Beige Paints ...can a Lowes do it or what ?

[westbrookw]

Powder coated some drums yesterday.
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[Square_78]

Installed my slam ss7 bags in front today. Much better than the ss6
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[jkeating1]

Originally Posted by Square_78

Installed my slam ss7 bags in front today. Much better than the ss6
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So the problem of having to put in super high pressure went away with the Ss7's? Are the specs on the 2700's comparable to SS7's, as far as pressure-to-lift?
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[VWNate1]

Originally Posted by SCHRUMGMC

Like the orange paint

I do have one question about paint

I need Ocean Green and Havana Beige Paints ...can a Lowes do it or what ?

There are OnLine Paint sources that $ave $erious $ .

First you have to figure out what kind of paint you want , single or multiple stage and so on .

Du-Pont has a very good Vintage Color Paints Program indeed , it goes by the original color code , NOT CHEAP .

I too like that Orange , looks very sweet .

Last night I drove my truck to a Car Nut gathering at a shop that apparently does rust repairs and custom body works ~ I talked to the owner and will take my truck there during business hours to let him look at my rusty cab & see what he thinks , co$t$ involved and so on .

To - day (Friday) is another work day for the rig , I have some rusty unobtanium gas tanks I have to take to Gas Tank RENU U.S.A. and another shop in Wilmington , see who does the best job on them .

[jabborabbo]

So far I've spent about 3 hours trying to get the #@!*&%#@#@ left brake drum off my 67 GMC....

[Tshort1]

PB Blaster, Remove the parking brake, find deep well socket to fit over studs, slide socket over studs and beat socket Hard with hammer. Then beat around edge of drum untill it losens up. repeate steps above with mover force untill it breaks free. if that dosent work some have threaded holes 2 of them, find bolts that fit and tighten them in, they act as a press to press of the drum. Hope that helps a little. Dont be scared to hit the crap out of it.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by jabborabbo

So far I've spent about 3 hours trying to get the #@!*&%#@#@ left brake drum off my 67 GMC....

Back the brake shoes off alot....otherwise a small piece of C4 will remove it

[jabborabbo]

Originally Posted by Tshort1

PB Blaster, Remove the parking brake, find deep well socket to fit over studs, slide socket over studs and beat socket Hard with hammer. Then beat around edge of drum untill it losens up. repeate steps above with mover force untill it breaks free. if that dosent work some have threaded holes 2 of them, find bolts that fit and tighten them in, they act as a press to press of the drum. Hope that helps a little. Dont be scared to hit the crap out of it.

I can see very very very slight movement around all the studs and the hub/axle when I use a screwdriver to pry between the drum and the backing plate - there's one spot on the hub/axle where I don't see much movement at all, though. I've backed the brake star adjuster thingy all the way out - if the drum was worn on the inside such that the brakes were keeping it from coming off I would get some kinda loose wobble in the drum when I pried on it from opposite sides, right? If it is the brake shoes holding it on, how do I deal with that?

[jabborabbo]

Originally Posted by Tshort1

PB Blaster, Remove the parking brake, find deep well socket to fit over studs, slide socket over studs and beat socket Hard with hammer. Then beat around edge of drum untill it losens up. repeate steps above with mover force untill it breaks free. if that dosent work some have threaded holes 2 of them, find bolts that fit and tighten them in, they act as a press to press of the drum. Hope that helps a little. Dont be scared to hit the crap out of it.

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Back the brake shoes off alot....otherwise a small piece of C4 will remove it

Got it!!!!!! Thanks for the suggestions!!!!

[Avitech]

Bought it!
1969 K10
250 Straight 6
4 speed
$1000.00